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Hi,
I am trying to calculate the average by categroy however, my numbers are not adding up.
AVERAGE =
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Hi @Anonymous ,
Try formula like below:
M_ =
VAR count_category =
COUNTROWS ( ALLEXCEPT ( 'Table', 'Table'[Category] ) )
VAR sum_ =
CALCULATE ( SUM ( 'Table'[Value] ), ALL ( 'Table' ) )
RETURN
DIVIDE ( sum_, count_category, BLANK () )
If the problem is still not resolved, please provide detailed error information and let me know immediately. Looking forward to your reply.
Best Regards,
Henry
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Hi @Anonymous ,
Try formula like below:
M_ =
VAR count_category =
COUNTROWS ( ALLEXCEPT ( 'Table', 'Table'[Category] ) )
VAR sum_ =
CALCULATE ( SUM ( 'Table'[Value] ), ALL ( 'Table' ) )
RETURN
DIVIDE ( sum_, count_category, BLANK () )
If the problem is still not resolved, please provide detailed error information and let me know immediately. Looking forward to your reply.
Best Regards,
Henry
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Hey,
Why not just use the average function?
Put it in a table visual with category and the measure - average(Table[category])
Hello @Anonymous ,
You can use group by to fulfil your requirement.
Please mark it as a solution if was helpful.
Regards,
Keshav Agrawal
Hi,
I would just like to average for one chart and not change all my data. When I used the group by in "Transfrom" it changed all my data
Try with Dax
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